The truth doesn't matter. People want a narrative and they will believe what they want to. It's a depressing feeling to think of, but nobody wants to break the

The truth doesn't matter. People want a narrative and they will believe what they want to. It's a depressing feeling to think of, but nobody wants to break the narrative they want to believe. Many beliefs have no value, I for instance don't believe China's narrative for their low Corona, while my father does. Neither of our beliefs have any proper function or carry a penalty for believing. Believing in the amount of water we should drink is a lot more useful and actually carries more of a real life impact, and I'd rather not argue about something that will only cause friction and never have any use. At the same time, Socrates and Confucius were not well liked in their times but they knew they were "right" and their time would come after. Mendel whose ideas were ridiculed also simply believed in his own ideas, and drew strength from it. Political truth is a funny thing.